A ‘Mad’ Confession…

January 3, 2015February 4, 2015Leave a comment

Hello backers and a happy new year to you all!

I have a grave confession to make:

I only watched the Mad Max films for the first time on on New Year’s Day. I can’t really explain why it’s taken me so long, but I’m glad I watched them because the second film in particular is superb. Looking back, it’s amazing to see how much of pop culture and indeed apocalyptic culture has been influenced by Miller’s work.

I was so enamoured with The Road Warrior that I started writing more of Bust issue #2: Wasteland Ronin, and I actually double-taked at how unknowingly similar some elements of the series is to those movies.

The evil characters are quite barbaric, almost tribal in nature, and they dress really weird too. They also have rusted vehicles that are barely held together by duct tape and crude welding. In many ways issue 2 is about the new makeshift America that emerges from the ashes of issue 1’s terrible plague. The mutated freaks you’ve seen Jack fighting so far have quickly died out and aren’t seen again, but their destruction caused society to collapse.

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Behold! The Barbarian cometh!

December 28, 2014February 4, 2015Leave a comment

Hello backers, Dave here with a post-xmas update for you all, along with another new custom backer sketch.

First off – a status update. Page 17 is next to be released, and we will keep you posted on when it goes live.

As a reminder, Bust issue #1 is 32 pages long, so we’re officially over the halfway mark now. There’s so much story left to cram in, plenty of twists and lots of death. When Jack said at the start that his hands would never be clean, he wasn’t kidding.

Now, here is this week’s new custom backer sketch by the wonderful Chris, which was requested by MagicMumboJon. Enjoy it man!

There’s lots more coming folks, and needless to say 2015 is going to be huge for us. Watch this space!

Thanks again for your incredible support!

-Dave

A cosmic backer sketch appears!

December 19, 2014February 4, 2015Leave a comment

Hello again backers and friends of Bust, Dave here with a new custom backer sketch. Christ just sent this one over for our backer Kev Ford – and like his surname suggests, he has a thing for cars.

But aliens? We have no idea….

Enjoy!

Page 16 is now Live!

December 4, 2014February 4, 2015Leave a comment

Hello everyone!

Page 16 of Bust is now live here and it sees both Jack and Luis forming a scheme to flee America.

Here’s a snippet, and the full thing can be read through the link above.

Thanks guys, all feedback is welcome 😀

-Dave

Learning from the local comic scene: Impressions from an indie comic con

December 1, 2014February 4, 2015Leave a comment

I went to a local comic and toy mart here in Edinburgh run by the lovely folks behind Edinburgh Comic Con.

It was a really cool event that featured tables filled with comics, graphic novels, local issues, artists for hire, collectibles and t-shirts. The main reason for going was to meet some local creators and to speak with them about how they go into the business – while explaining the Bust journey so far.

The feedback was all very positive, and there were a few cocked eyebrows when I explained how much the Kickstarter had made. Apparently it’s a hard thing to do – which was no secret of course – but it made me stop and think again for a moment about how lucky Chris and I have been to receive all your support so far. So thank you for that once again backers!

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Bust 2: Wasteland Ronin update + sneak preview – print sampler news!

November 24, 2014February 4, 2015Leave a comment

Good evening everyone, I hope your weeks are off to a flying start 🙂

I’ve just had a big Bust writing session and I’m pleased to say that I’ve now done up to page nine of the issue – and without a single text box, narrative voice or captioned exposition. When I mentioned in the previous update that issue #1 did so to quickly set the world state and tone, I wasn’t kidding.

WARNING! MASSIVE TEASING REDACTIONS INCOMING! (SORRY!)

I’m very happy with how the issue is going so far. It’s slower to allow for greater character development and I’ve already introduced three new major characters, with four returning faces for familiarity’s sake.

There’s even a singing number in there too…

In issue #1 news, Chris is working on page 16 now, so expect some updates on that soon.

It’s also been a while since we’ve seen some new custom backer sketches, but rest assured they will come in time. We just need to focus on hammering out a few more comic pages before we can get to the next round of extras. We will always keep you posted on rewards and more

Lastly: I hope to order a printed sample of pages 1-16 soon from two printing houses to try out paper quality and so forth, just to make a final call on which company we use for the printed version of issue #1. I’ll be recording a video of the sampler when it gets here post-page 16.

Thanks again guys, and help us spread the word if you can – don’t forget, people can pre-order a print copy of the first issue from the Bust store.

Until next time!

-Dave